Uroplatus giganteus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gekkonoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Gekkota Infraordo: Gekkomorpha Superfamilia: Gekkonoidea

Familia: Gekkonidae
Genus: Uroplatus
Species: Uroplatus giganteus

Name

• Uroplatus giganteus Glaw, Kosuch, Henkel, Sound & Böhme, 2006: 134

Holotype: ZSM 269/2004, adult ♀.

Type locality: “Montagne d’Ambre National Park, below Antamboka (12°29’S, 49°10’E, ca. 800 m alt.), northern Madagascar.”

Paratypes (3): ZFMK 75753, adult ♂, without locality data; ZSM 267/2004, adult ♂ with well preserved body and tail, but with partly mazerated head, “Montagne d’Ambre National Park (12°29’S, 49°10’E, ca. 850 m alt.), northern Madagascar”; UADBA 27490, adult ♀, same locality as holotype.

References

Primary references

• Glaw, F., Kosuch, J., Henkel, F.W., Sound, P. & Böhme, W. 2006. Genetic and morphological variation of the leaf-tailed gecko Uroplatus fimbriatus from Madagascar, with description of a new giant species. Salamandra 42(2-3): 129–144. PDF Reference page. 

Additional references

• D’Cruze, N.; Köhler, J.; Franzen, M & Glaw, F. 2008. A conservation assessment of the amphibians and reptiles of the Forêt d’Ambre Special Reserve, north Madagascar. Madagascar Conservation & Development 3(1): 44–54.
• Greenbaum, Eli; Aaron M. Bauer, Todd R. Jackman, Miguel Vences & Frank Glaw. 2007. A phylogeny of the enigmatic Madagascan geckos of the genus Uroplatus (Squamata: Gekkonidae). Zootaxa 1493: 41–51. Abstract & excerpt.

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. uroplatus giganteus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 15 November 2017.

Vernacular names

中文: 巨人叶尾守宫